The Betrothal
Jacobus Buys (Amsterdam 1724 - Amsterdam 1801)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1774 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
597 x 432 mm (23 1/2 x 17 in)
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298226
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Betrothal, by Jacob Buys (Amsterdam 1724 – Amsterdam 1801), signed on back of chair: J. Buys F 1774. The picture depicts a scene, possibly from a play, with fashionable figures in an interior.
Provenance
Sir John Murray Scott sale, Christie's, 27 June 1913, lot 140, with companion: bought by [Charles?] Davis; [...]; bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Makers and roles
Jacobus Buys (Amsterdam 1724 - Amsterdam 1801), artist